News Summary

• A weeklong debauch brought together tech insiders and the leaders of a brutal monarchy to keep stoking the AI bubble.
• The multiday event was a shameless series of garish spectacles, paid-for celebrity cameos, and murder apologia.
• For 80 years, the US-Saudi alliance has survived on the basis of a bipartisan disregard for democracy and human rights.
• So it’s no surprise that Trump, the most transactional of presidents, would embrace a murderous autocrat as a close ally.